Teramnus

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Teramnus
Teramnus labialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Glycininae
Genus: Teramnus
P.Browne
(1756)
Species[1]

8; see text

Teramnus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes eight species of climbing herbs and subshrubs native to the tropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Hainan, Taiwan, and New Guinea. Typical habitats are seasonally-dry tropical bushland and thicket, grassland, wooded grassland, and forest clearings, often in open and dry rocky areas.[1]

It belongs to subfamily Faboideae and is closely related to Glycine as well as Amphicarpaea. The somatic chromosome number for Teramnus is (x = 7).[2][3]

Species

Eight species are accepted.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Teramnus P.Browne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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  4. ^ "USDA Plants Database". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
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  7. ^ "USDA Plants Database". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-29.